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Originally posted by hottoddy
Hate Tim Robbins but love the movie.
What's special about this DVD over the regular one?
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this a review from filmhobbit.com on the special features:
"The Shawshank Redemption has been available previously on DVD, albeit in a bare bones release. For the tenth anniversary of the little-film-that-could, the movie finally gets the treatment it deserves, from behind the scenes featurettes, to the ever so important commentary track.
Be aware, the tenth anniversary release is available in two different forms: just the two disc set by itself, or in a Collector?s Box set. The Collector?s Box set holds nothing different on the discs, but includes the movie?s soundtrack on CD and a book that looks at the film from a more ?critical report? point of view. This is no typical small, ten-page book though, it?s a full report on the movie including production pictures and interviews. The authors obviously did their homework on the movie, and while it?s not the most interesting read throughout, it is interesting to view the movie through such a critical eye. If you like the movie?s soundtrack though, that alone is what?s worth the price of the set - to have both the film and soundtrack in the same box. Regardless of which version you purchase, the two disc set remains the same.
The most interesting part of the DVD is the one thing that?s almost expected from any DVD release these days - the commentary track. Frank Darabont announces at the beginning that this is his first commentary track and asks us to take it easy on him. Well, I?m not going to take it easy. Darabont?s insightful views on his directorial debut grab you and keep you listening to the commentary long after you might usually turn a commentary track off. It?s not unusual to only listen to a sample of a commentary track when reviewing a DVD, listening long enough to get a feel for what the ?flavor? of the track is. Darabont?s commentary held me through the entire film, and then I wanted to go back and listen to it again. I wanted to hear more of what the man had to say about making this film."
more at:
http://www.filmhobbit.com/review.php?id=709